# Incident 20030409004479I: Beech C90A, Atlanta, GA, April 9, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County Airport-Brown Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EWKA
- Location: 33.7791° N, 84.5214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fulton County Airport Brown Field (FTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7791&lon=-84.5214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90A (registry code 1152911, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030409004479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON APRIL 9, 2003 MR. WELLS DEPARTED FROM (PDK) DEKALB PEACHTREE IN N95PC SERIAL NUMBER LJ-1109 A KING AIR C90A AT 2300Z. AFTER TAKE OFF ON CLIMB OUT HE STARTED TO FEEL A VIBRATION. AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE VIBRATION WAS NOT MECHANICAL NOR ICE, HE CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE NEEDED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. MR. WELLS LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT (FTY) FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING, HE FOUND THAT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL TUBE ROD CLEVIS HAD BROKE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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